Draft:Likovac concentration camp
The Likovac concentration camp was a detention facility established in the Drenica region near Srbica (now Skenderaj) by the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) during the Kosovo War. It was under the command of the Drenica Group[1], which was part of the Kosovo Liberation Army and led by Fatmir Limaj and Sylejman Selimi. It operated since early 1998, primarily detaining ethnic Serbs, including Albanians accused of collaborating with Milosevic's regime. The camp was established solely by Sylejman Selimi, a leader of the KLA.
| Likovac concentration camp | |
|---|---|
| Concentration camp | |
| Location | Likovac, Kosovo, FR Yugoslavia |
| Operated by | Kosovo Liberation Army Drenica-Group executed by: |
| Original use | imprisonment, cruel treatment, inhuman acts, and executions[2] |
| Operational | 1998–1999 |
| Inmates | Serbs and Albanians |
| Killed | 250 Serbian civilians[3] (including 75 Montenegrins) |
| Notable inmates | Ivan Bulatović[4], Serbian police officer |
One of the operators of the camp, Sylejman Selimi, also known as the Sultan, was later convicted by Kosovo courts of torturing civilian prisoners in the camp. He received an eight-year prison sentence, which was later reduced to seven years by the court.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Çollaku, Petrit; Mustafa, Behar (23 April 2015). "Prosecutor: 'No Alibis' for Kosovo 'Drenica Group' Guerrillas". Balkanisight.
- ^ Watch, Human Rights (2016-01-27). "World Report 2016 - Serbia". ecoi.net. Retrieved 2024-03-30.
- ^ Pauly, Philippe-Xavier (2000). Kosovo assiégé: une bombe à retardement : témoignage (in French). L'AGE D'HOMME. ISBN 978-2-8251-1390-5.
Likovac non loin de la fameuse » prison de l'UCK , 250 civils serbes assassi- nés demeurent à 2,5 km à gauche de la route sans sépul- ture depuis le mois de mai 1999. Les trois médecins de MSF suisses , seuls à avoir tenté de s'y rendre. (French) Likovac, not far from the notorious KLA prison, where 250 Serbian civilians were killed, remains 2.5 km to the left of the road without a burial site since May 1999. (English)
- ^ "IVAN BULATOVIĆ JE MUČEN U LOGORU, A SABIT MU JE TESTEROM ISEKAO GLAVU: O ovom srpskom mučeniku se više ne priča". espreso.co.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2024-03-30.
- ^ "'Witness A':12 KLA commanders were in charge of Likovac camp". Kosovo Compromise. 12 August 2004.